Can Mail be used with Winxp?

[Panic]

I have a friend who "heard" you can use the new Windows Vista email program
"Mail" with a WinXP OS. Is that true?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Dunno. Doubt it. And why would you want to? It's just OE with a different
skin.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

I have a friend who "heard" you can use the new Windows Vista email program
"Mail" with a WinXP OS. Is that true?

Windows Mail is bundled with Vista and cannot be used with XP. (No lose
there. It is even worse than OE).

Windows "Live" Mail can be used with XP.

Windows Live Mail (Overview & Features):
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

 

[Unknown]

Worse than OE?????? What's wrong with OE?

Windows Mail is bundled with Vista and cannot be used with XP. (No lose
there. It is even worse than OE).

Windows "Live" Mail can be used with XP.

Windows Live Mail (Overview & Features):
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Worse than OE?????? What's wrong with OE?

Specifically, the fragile dbx file structure is the most important thing
wrong with OE. They fixed that in WinMail, but screwed up a dozen other
things that /did/ work fine. Don't get me wrong. I like OE. But it needs a
lot of TLC thay many people don't do because it isn't in Help.

 

[Unknown]

Never had a problem with it. Why do you say dbx file structure is frail?

 

[Alias]

Never had a problem with it. Why do you say dbx file structure is frail?

Want to find out the hard way? Open OE. Start compacting your messages.
Pull the plug to your computer out of the wall while it's in the middle
of compacting. Back up your .dbx files first ;-)

Alias

 

[Alias]

I have a friend who "heard" you can use the new Windows Vista email program
"Mail" with a WinXP OS. Is that true?

No, but you can use the lame Windows Live Fail. I would recommend a much
better program called Thunderbird. It's free and can be downloaded from
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird. It has an excellent junk filter and
spell checks as you type a message. Not only that, it has extensions and
add ons including a calendar. Compared to OE, it's a breeze to back up, too.

Alias

 

[Bruce Hagen]

It is a known issue for over a decade now.

Viral Irony: The Most Common Cause of Corruption.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EOAAC

And:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

 

[DaN]

No, but you can use the lame Windows Live Fail. I would recommend a much
better program called Thunderbird. It's free and can be downloaded from
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird. It has an excellent junk filter and
spell checks as you type a message. Not only that, it has extensions and
add ons including a calendar. Compared to OE, it's a breeze to back up,
too.

Alias

I would cast my vote for Thunderbird as well.
Email has never been so efficient.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Umm.... What so hard about backing up OE? How does TB make it any easier?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Ummm... What's so hard about backing up OE? What makes TB easier?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Oops! Replied to wrong person. Sorry.

 

[Alias]

Umm.... What so hard about backing up OE? How does TB make it any easier?

With T-Bird you back up one folder and two files. To restore TB, all you
need to do is nuke the folder and files that are default in the new
install and replace them with the backed up files. This backs up and
restores all mail and all the accounts, be they mail or news.

Alias
-- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://grystmill.com "DaN"

 

[Alias]

Ummm... What's so hard about backing up OE? What makes TB easier?

With T-Bird you back up one folder and two files. To restore TB, all you
need to do is nuke the folder and files that are default in the new
install and replace them with the backed up files. This backs up and
restores all mail and all the accounts, be they mail or news. This works
in both Linux and Windows. OE only works in some versions of Windows and
no versions of Linux.

Alias

 

[Unknown]

That is shear stupidity. Run anything and yank the cord out of the wall. Why
specifically OE compacting?

 

[Unknown]

It is not OE as the article states. It (corruption) is caused by
NON_MICROSOFT virus scanning programs.
Amazing how MS always gets blamed for others poor programming. Pick on the
BIG GUY syndrome.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Yes. But it is because of the fragile dbx file system. AFAIK, e-mail
scanning does not pose such a threat in other e-mail clients. (Not that you
need e-mail scanning at all).

As far as compacting, as Alias mentioned, any disruption of the process can
wipe out entire folders. That is why we recommend working offline when
compacting.

I'm not picking on the big guy, just pointing out the facts. Like I said.
I'm still using OE and have no plans to go elsewhere in the foreseeable
future.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

You really are stupid, aren't you?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

And what do shears have to do with it? <eg>

You really are stupid, aren't you?